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(In those communities where they read the Haftorah for Shabbat Rosh Chodesh or Machar Chodesh two weeks ago, the custom is to "make up" the haftorah this week, since the haftarot follow each other. As such, in such communities in such years, they would read Isaiah 54:1–55:5) A, S, R, Y: Isaiah 54:1–10; I: First Samuel 17:1–37; K: Isaiah ...
This is also the only case in which, in communities which read the haftarah for Shabbat Hagadol every year, Tzav's proper haftarah is read in Jerusalem (outside Jerusalem, it is also read when gate 4 is a leap year). If the previous gate was 1, this is not a leap year. If both Cheshvan and Kislev have 29 days, then Hanukkah will begin on Sunday ...
Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:16–38 Shabbat HaChodesh occurs the Shabbat immediately before Rosh Chodesh Nisan, or on Rosh Chodesh Nisan when the Rosh Chodesh coincides with Shabbat. Shabbat HaChodesh means "Sabbath of the month", and it occurs before the first month of the year of the Hebrew calendar, during which Passover occurs. When Rosh Chodesh ...
This is a great time to recite Hanukkah blessings and Hanukkah prayers. When lighting the menorah, the candles are lit each evening from left to right, starting with the shammash, the candle used ...
Shabbat Chanukah and two of the special Shabbatot (Shekalim and HaChodesh) sometimes coincide with Rosh Chodesh. When this happens, the portion for Shabbat Rosh Chodesh is read from a second scroll, then the special maftir portion for that special Shabbat from a third. Only the person called to the third scroll reads the haftarah, though the ...
Hanukkah starts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day roughly once every 15 years. Since 1900, there have been five years that the first night of Hanukkah began on Christmas Day : 2024, 2005, 1959 ...
On days when a haftarah is read (see Haftarah below), there is a final aliyah after the kaddish, called maftir. The person called to that aliyah, as well, is known as "the maftir." On holidays, maftir is read from the Torah verses describing the sacrifices brought in the Temple in Jerusalem on that particular holiday. In progressive synagogues ...
Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 and as late as Dec. 27. This Jewish holiday, also known as the festival of lights, celebrates the Maccabean revolt against the Syrian-Greek army. The ...